Chromium OS source released [LWN.net]

Chromium OS source released

Posted Nov 19, 2009 21:34 UTC (Thu) by trasz (guest, #45786)
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So basically, they reinvented terminals. What was the last attempt at this - NPC?

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Chromium OS source released

Posted Nov 19, 2009 22:04 UTC (Thu) by adamgundy (subscriber, #5418) [Link] (1 responses)

computing (and the web) have changed significantly since the NPC (10 years?).

consider how many 'computer users' you know who wouldn't touch (or own) a computer if they couldn't (a) read email, (b) browse their favorite web sites and (c) watch youtube?

that's a significant chunk of the market, and tends to overlap heavily with the segment who are forever getting 'geek' relatives (or paying geek squad) to fix their machine because they screwed it up again. a nice, safe, utterly unbreakable 'appliance' computer is ideal for that group.

Chromium OS source released

Posted Nov 20, 2009 9:06 UTC (Fri) by trasz (guest, #45786) [Link]

That's exactly what was said last time, with NPC. ;-)

Chromium OS source released

Posted Nov 27, 2009 20:05 UTC (Fri) by leoc (guest, #39773) [Link]

The iPhone/iPod touch. Most applications (not including the 75,000 variations of fart apps) are web based, with the notable exception of playing multimedia files. Hopefully google will allow local storage for similar purposes.